Total Crime Rate

109.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southern View area has the 7th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Burgess Hill Dunstall , and the 64th highest crime rate of 454 local areas in Mid Sussex .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Southern View (RH16 4XD) in the last 12 months was 109.0 per 1,000 residents and was 121.8% higher than the Burgess Hill Dunstall average (49.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 666.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southern View (RH16 4XD), the main crime hotspot is near Pullman Avenue. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Southern View area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Old House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pullman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilnbarn Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Acre Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Old House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pullman Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pullman Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Pullman Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pullman Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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